USA Foundation president Asa N. Green dies at age 82

MOBILE, Alabama -- Asa N. Green, president of the University of South Alabama Foundation board of directors, died Monday in Livingston. He was 82.

Green had been president of the USA Foundation board since 2004. He led Livingston University, now the University of West Alabama, as president from 1973 to 1993.

A native of Mars Hill, Maine, Green held degrees from Bates College and from the University of Alabama.

Green “was an outstanding advocate for the USA Foundation and for its support of the University of South Alabama,” said John McMillan, who will now serve as foundation president.

The USA Foundation holds an endowment that benefits the 15,000-student university.

Maxey Roberts, managing director of the foundation, said that during Green’s tenure, “the foundation continued its active support of the University of South Alabama by making significant contributions to the Mitchell Cancer Institute, expanding the foundation’s support of new graduate assistantships at the university and taking a leading role in supporting the pediatric expansion of USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital.”

Roberts said that Green’s “incandescent personality” will be missed.

Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Livingston United Methodist Church.